Month: November 2019

4:44 PM ET Associated Press MEXICO CITY — For 73 years, Mexico City’s Plaza de Toros bullring has hosted hundreds of bullfights, but on Saturday it will become a tennis court as Roger Federer faces Germany’s Alexander Zverev. Saturday’s match is the fourth stop in a tour of Latin America by the two tennis greats.
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4:20 PM ET UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones will defend his title against Dominick Reyes on Feb. 8 in Houston, UFC president Dana White told ESPN. The 205-pound championship fight will headline the UFC’s pay-per-view event, which does not yet have an official number, inside Toyota Center. In the co-main event, female flyweight champion
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3:42 PM ET ESPN News Services The New York Yankees intend not to pay Jacoby Ellsbury the remaining $26 million due under his contract, contending he violated the deal by receiving unauthorized medical treatment, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Buster Olney on Friday. According to multiple reports, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman sent a letter to
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3:01 PM ET Associated Press Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky has been given the same penalty at his resentencing as before: 30 to 60 years in prison. Centre County Judge Maureen Skerda sentenced the 75-year-old Sandusky on Friday at the courthouse in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Sandusky was convicted of 45 counts of child
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1:15 PM ET Flyweights Julio Cesar Martinez and Cristofer Rosales will square off for a vacant world title on Dec. 20, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn said on Friday. The fight will take place at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix and serve as the co-feature for the DAZN card scheduled to be headlined
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11:44 AM ET The Seattle Mariners and first-base prospect Evan White have agreed to a six-year, $24 million contract with three club options, sources familiar with the deal confirmed to ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Friday. White, 23, spent all of last season at Double-A with the Arkansas Travelers of the Texas League. No player at
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11:40 AM ET The Chicago White Sox have agreed to a three-year, $50 million contract with Jose Abreu, the team announced Friday. Abreu, who made his third All-Star team in six seasons with the White Sox, led the American League with 123 RBIs in 2019 while batting .284 with 33 home runs. “This is a
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11:02 AM ET Associated Press MADRID — Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal both played singles and doubles on Friday, but only the Spaniard was able to lead his team into the last four at the Davis Cup Finals. Nadal guided Spain to a 2-1 comeback victory over Argentina, while Djokovic couldn’t prevent Serbia from being
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